THE STAR OF THE NORTE *. W. nearer Proprietor.] VOLUME 2. THE STAR OF THE NORTH Is published every Thursday Morning, by It. W. WEAVER. OFFICE—Up stairs in the New Brick building on the south side of Maui street, third square brj uw Market. TERMS : —Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the time of isubscri bing ; two dc,'dc.rs and fifty cents if not paid within the yr.ar. No subscription received for a less per jod than six months : no discon rtinuanee permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editors. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square, will Le inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion A liberal discount trill be made to those tvho ad vertise by the year. OEATII OF LOGAN MERCER. The following lines of excellent poetry, ) "were written bylhe talented President Judge ■ot the Bth Judicial district of Pennsylvania, .sharing the trial, before him, of an indictment, ■at the January sessions of the Court iu Dan- ' ville, 1816, against a man tor shooting a val- : uable setter dog, called Logan, the property j of a Mr. Mercer, of Danville. While the j trial was in progress, tho lines were thrown | down on the counsel table, by the Judge, for I the amusement of the bar.—One of the mem- j bers of the bar has had the lines in his pns- 1 session ever since, and now, without the knowledge of the Judge, offers them to the jiublic. Poor Logan's dead, no more he'll howl, And lend the air with deafening cries, No more he'll set for man the fowl, Iu death's cold lap he lowly lies. How fondly would he hunt the game, How closely would lie scent the air, A setter known full well to fame, The huutman's friend! his mastor'scare. From day to day, from year to year, He roamed the wood, he tcour'd the field From eveiy vicious practice clear. In faithfulness, to nor.e he'd yield. A watchful, trusty, peaceful friend, From quarrel, strife and bickering free ; He never fail'd his aid to lend, But true to huutman's call was he. In Canine veins no drop of blood, Of "I.oga 1" courses—all his race, Is now extinct, —in wicked mood, Man sent htm to his resting placo. A To Ice from Northern Pennsylvania For tho Constitution and Union. Pursuant to a call for that purpose a meet- ] ing was heltl at the Court House in Wilkes- j barre on Monday evening the 11th inst., to j take into consideration the subject of the j Fugitive Slave Bill and to assert the Suprem- j iey of Law. The meeting was organized by the ap , pointment of Gou F.. W. STDRDKVAMT Prcsi- j dent, and John Liggel, Batcman Downing, j T. H. Parker, James Hltodna Vice Presidents J. B. Conynghnm and G. M. Harding Secrc- ' varies. The object of tho meeting being briefly etated by Charles I. A. Chapman, a motion -was made that a commute bo appointed to draft a preamble and resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting in regard to the slavery agitation. The following committee were appointed : C. f. A. Chapman, C. E. Butler, Aruzi Wilson, E. B. Collings, and Win. 11. Beaumont. In the absence of tho Committeo, Col. 11. B. Wright was loudly called upon to address the meeting, which ho did in a speech full of eloqueneo and patriotism. He was fol lowed by Judgo Conyngham and Jessup, who very ably and clearly expounded the late act of Congress in regard to Fugitive Slaves. Upon the conclusion of these re marks, lion. H. M. Fuller beingeallsd upon, - delivered himself in his usual happy style, wxhorting all good citizens to stand by the Constitution and the Union at ail hazards.— At the conclusion of the speeohthe Commit tee reported the following Preamble and .Resolutions, which were unanimously adop ted. WHEREAS, The discussion and settlement of the Slavery question nt the late session of Congress, has been folluwed in many quar ters by the manifestation ol n spirit of resist ance to the laws and hostility to tho institu tions of our common country, heretofore en tirely unknown. Therefore, J&'iolved, That the present crisis in our na tional a.lhhs and thu alarming spread of so ditious atii.' fanatical doctrines, openly avow ed and propi' , ? ca " s "P on a " ,rue Patri ots to come oC.it, 4 ' c ' ulo 'heir position, and •tand by their cc.u' n,r V 'h hour of need. Re'olved, That ht> we cherish "Union for the sako of the JUnion" —for the noble ipirits who framed ant.' 'he hallowed blood which cements it—we .cherish it still more foi its security to life anai its protection to property. That we have, sreyet, seen noth ing which can weaken it' obligations or dissolve its bonds, and we have no syirpathy With the incendiary spirit which would march jjver its ruins in pursuit of a phan, ,to in. \ ' Jlesolve&j, That beyond the Union we Bee nothing but anarchy in its direst form—"War to the knife,l and the knife to the hilt'—-end ing at last in Military Despotism, and to •avoid this certain result, we have no alterna tive but a strict adherence to all the com promises of the Constitution. Rtttlved, That we look upon the late act f Congress in regard to fugitive Slaves as intended to carry out and sustain those com promises—creating no new judicial authority foreign to the Constitution— abolishing no Sttndkowatal rights, and as such we are bftoiulio sustait It. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY*, NOVEMBER 28, 1850. Resolved, That the writ of Habeas Corpus —that safeguard of personal liberty—has not, i nor was it intended to have any bearing upon a legal arrest or confinement, and that its privileges, unaffected by this Act, remain alike to all, bouud or free, black or white Resolved, That in the provision made by this act for the Bummary trial of the question of the identity of the Slave, wo see nothing in conflict with the right of trial by Jury— that wo look upon that light as the great bulwark of Liberty, indefeasible in its nature, and to be claimed at the proper place and time jas the birthright of every American, of | whatever creed or color. Resolved, That only genuine liberty is found in obedience to righteous law, and we hold the man who abets or encourages resist ance to law, a traitor to his country, and an enemy to mankind. Resolved, That the President of tho United Stales, by his promptness and decision in carrying out the provisions and maintaining tho Supremacy of Law, merits the applause, and will receive the support of his country men. in the giceting, "Well done, good and i faithful Servant!" Resolved, That the noble stand taken in the late struggle between the spirit of Anarchy and the spirit of Constitional Freedom by Messrs. Cass, Clay, Webster, Dickinson, | Foote, Douglass, Cooper, and their noble j coadjuutors upon the floor of Congress, elicits j our warmest admiration—that we hail them j as living evidences of tho devotion and hero ism of '7O, and our present aspirations are j that they over may be brethren, separated by no dark Gulf of division, but interpreting tho law s of a common country, shielded by the folds of tho same glorious flag. Rcso'ved, That we wish neither lot nor part with men who in pursuit of their own ' dogmas, hesitate not to malign the memory of Washington, and defile the graves of his compatriots—that we hold theeo to be the . legitimate fruits of Abolitionism, and we j will judge the tree by its fruits. Resolved, That we know nothing of any J "higher law," paramount to the Constitution i of the United States, (save tho law of .God j which has no collision with that Constitution) —that we look upon that instrument as the j greatest achievement of human intellect—: combining all that wisdom could invent, of ! the experience of ages elicit, and holding ; out the only sure hope of man amidst tho ! dark waves of Legitimacy—by it we have j lived, attjl by it we wish to die, and we feel , assured that this "Dagon—twice fallen, | which the Philistines would again set lip, ( will be broken by the breath of the Ameri- [ can people. j After the adoption of the above resolu tions, the following letter was read : | GENTLEMEN:—It is with me a subject of j unfeigned regret that my engagements cora- I pel me to be absent on the occasion ol your | proposed meeting. I feel flattered by your ! polite invitation to joiu and assist in in your ! proposed patriotic demonstration. Be assur | ed my young friends that the times, the cir | cumstances, and the threatning auspices that I impend over our glorious Union, demand the | most disinterested devotion and the most ! generous sacrifices on the altar ofyourcoun | try. It is high time when the cradle of lib ' erty becomes the nestling place of a dark faction that aims at the subversion of the foundations of the Republic, and the over throw of the Constitution and laws of the Union, for the noble youth of Pennsylvania : to stand forth to vindicate the causo of their ! common country, and show themselves tvor [ thy of their ancestry. And let not the chiv ulrv of Luzerne, those who carried the Star Spangled Banner triumphantly to the walls of Mexico and planted them on their highest | turret, be behind in this most patriot ic race. There was in the days of Revolutionary he roism "a time that tried men's souls," and stamped its impress upon their chaiacter, which has lived down through the history of our Republic, and has been a beacon light in their descendants. Again that time has occurred, and again an opportunity is pres ented to prove that patriotism in this country does not in the main degenerate, and that although there may be a sad falling off in some parts of the Union, that its fire yet burns as pure iri Pennsylvania as it did in 1776. Go 011 young men, and set an example worthy of yourselves, and of your noble old State. With sincere respect, Your iriend, A. BEAUMONT. November 7, 1850. Messrs. C. I. A. Chapman, J. B. Conyngham, G. P. Parish, E. C. Butler, and others. FEMALE PROGRESS.—Eight young ladies have been awarded diplomas, at the Oberlin College, Ohio. One of them was "a color ed young lady." One of the ladies who has finished the theological course intends to de vote herself to preaching. E7* Mormon women, it is said, have commenced dressing in pantaloons. The Mormon ladies are not the only, ones who wear pants. We are inlormed that there are a number of fair sex in our owu diggings who wear the same article oi clothing. 0T The appraisers of the personal prop erty of the estate of Mr. McDonogb, valued his whole wardrobe at thirty dollars, and the whole of the moveable property in his house at #I4OO Conjugal Endearment. "My dear I'd thank you for a littlo more sugar in my coffee, if you please." "My dear! Don't dear me. I'd as soon have you call me the devil, as my dear." "Well, my devil, then I'd thank you for a little more sugar in my coffee." At this proof of affection on the part of the husband, Mrs. Snapdragon burst into tears. She had got up as the saying is "wrong end foremost" that morning, and nothing could please hor. She was no bet tor pleased with being called my devil than my dear, though she had a moment before declared that ghe preferred it. On the com trary, she took her husband bitterly to ' task for his ready compliance with her suggestion. "Oh, you vile, wicked gtfbd-for-noiliuig man!" she exclaimed ; "Is it thus you treat your affectionate wife ? Is it thus you dare apply names to her—name which I dare not mention ?" '•My devil, you did not mention it just now. You suggested the idea—you put the very word in my mouth—and I always like to comply with your wishes, you know, go my dear—my devil, I mean—a little more sugar, if you please." "Sugar, Iwon't give you a jot more. I'll see you hanged first. You use more sweet ening than your neck is worth." "I've acquired that habit from having so sweet a wife. Besides I pay for it with my own money." "Now reproach me with what you do.— If I did not bring you any money, 1 brought you respectable, connection, and " "True, you brought all your connections.' "Now you reproach me with that, do you I dare say you grudge my relations every mouthful they eat while they are here." "I grudge nothing my dear—l would say my dev—" "Don't use that word again, Mr. Snapdra gon—if you do, I'll leave this table." "Thank you, my love : then I'll help my self to sugar." "Yes and you would help yourself. I dare 6ay. if I was gone " "I am afraid there is little chance of that. But my coffee is cooling while I'm waiting for the sugar." ' Then it will be like your love, which has been cooling ever since we were mar ried." "Thank you my levc; there's nothing like a sharp acid for a cooling draught." "Sharp acid ! do you calj. me a sharp acid? I'll not endure yoir taunts any lon ger. I'll go home to my connections. I'll have a separate mainlaiiiance." "Whenever you please, my dev—dar ling." "I won't take such pesky language from you " [Going with tho sugar bowl in her hand.] "My dear, leave the sugar bowl, if you please." "Here take it!" [Throwing it at his head, and exit.] IT is SAID that Sir John Ross who some time since left the Port of Ayr, in Scotland, with an expedition in search of John Frank lin, took with him two pigions, which were to be sent homo in case he either found Sir John Franklin, or was frozen in. The Brit ish Mail says, that recently these pigeons returned to Ayr within a day or two of each other, and immediately sought the dove-cot they occupied previous to being taken away. Neither of them brought with them any let ters or documents, though one of them which had been wounded, both its legs be ing shot away, had a siring fastened to it, which might have contained a document or letter. The dis:ance these birds travelled must have been 2,000 miles. This is extra ordinary, as these birds travel by sight and not by scent. IF Printing materials have been found in the ruins of Ninevah, and a large edito rial office filled with inscriptions news mat ter, &c., set in tablets, lino moveable type. —Solomon, you were right: "there's noth ing new under the sun." We expect some one will discover the telegraph next, in the old pyramids! tW A Western editor in speaking of a cotemporaiy, says he has got that low cun ning look that makes you involuntarily think of youi pocket book and to thank the Lord there are laws agaiust larceny. Complimen tary, that ry Tha following hit at the water cure was made by Chartes Lamb, and no ono but himself could have had so quaint a conceit. "It is," said lie, "neither new nor wonderful, for it is as old as the Deluge, which, in my opinion, killed more than it cured." ty Mrs. Partington lately visited New York, where she saw the Rochester rappings at a hotel. The man was a rapping away at the bar and there were all kinds of spirits behind the counter. Cy "What is that dog barking at I" asked a fop whose boots were more polished lhar. his ideas.—"Why," replied a bystander, "because he sees auother puppy in your boots." . . _ _ . ty "A concientious whig" wrote a let ter to the Tribune, and stated that be did not know how to vote at the late election. Bar num should take that "concismious whig" around for exhibition. Trulb and Right—God aad"rinr Ctftintry. A Wholesome Admonition. The last Leivisburg Democrat remembers the story of the Qpaker who said if a man deceive thee once—shame on him ; but if ho deceive thee twice—shame on thee, and makes the following good application.— "Fellow Democrats, beware! Simon Cameron put us once—where Judas put his master—into tho hands of the enemy; that was his fault. But if he puts us there again, that will be OUR fault. We have no person al enmity or ill will toward Gen. Cameron, on the contrary, his winnjrg, gentlemanly manner, inclines us to like him, ns a man. But in politics we rue not guided by friend ship, but by principle. Wo believe that tho tariff of '42, based, as it was, upon the same principle aa the torukius oil-Vjiaud, twxiiig the poor man's necessaries of l,fa high, and the rich man's luxuries low, was an outrage upon the rights and interests of the common people ; and we believe that the man who upholds that system now, with the light and knowledge which has been shed upon it within the last five years ; orthe man who denounces his follow democrats, for advoca j ting that system, as "advocating the scemcs J of British freotrado capitalists," as Simon Cameron did in a letter to Hon. Charles Sha ler, is anything but a democrat. A tariff, for revenue, based upon the ad valorem principle, as the tanfl of 1846 is, the doctrine of the democratic party throughout the thirty Slates; and they have so declared, and re-dec.larcd, time and again, in their State any National Conventions. How then can a man be a democrat who opposes that doctrine? What constitutes a democrat?— Time was when it was, at least, necessary to profess to believe 1 and practice the principles of tho party founded by Jefferson, but that time, accor ding to the Suubury American, has passed away. A man's democracy now, depends not upon his principles ; but the amount of money he has to pay hungry editors. A man may oppose the democratic ticket three times out of every four—he Jmay denounce those who adhere to principles laid down by Democratic National Conventions, as ad vocating the schemes of "British, free-trade capitalists,"—he may sell himself and be. tray his party into the hands of the whigs, for a seat in the Senate—and still, according to Harry, Masaer, be not only a good demo crat, but a "shining light in the temple of democracy." V. Best sold himself, last win ! lei, to the whigs, for a Speakership in the | Pennsylvania Senato; in doing so he acted 1 precisely on the principle Simon Cameron | did, when ho was elected I T . S. Senator—both were elected by bargaining for, and receiv ing the entire whig vote. Last spring, these two "distinguished democrats," attended the Williamsport Convention, to secure the nomination of Mr. Hubley. Best was de nounced, publicly, in the convention, as a "carrion crow," for he was a poor traitor. But Simon, although his under-strappers were caught in the very act of bribirig dele gates, and although, when examined upon oath, for the purpose of ascertaining where the money came from, the witness said "Gen. Cameron always provides for his friends.' Yet, Simon Cameron, because he is rich, and has Banks fot the accommodation of his friends—is only an adroit politician; and the democrats ot North'd county have been permitted to give "another mark of the high esteem which they have for Mr. Cameron." We do not mention these things in the spirit of unkiudness, but merely to show the difference betwqen those who have hanks, and those who have not." '1 he New County Prison. A meeting of the County Commissioners was held at Orwigsburg, on Monday last, with the view of perfectingeertain arrange ments for changing the location of the new- County Prison, from Market street to the lot owned by Mrs. Amelia Farquaer, directly- North ot the Court Hou-u lot. Although the change was not fully elected. the negotia tions are in such a train hi to leave very little doubt that it will take place, and the j erection of the Prison bacoinmenced on tho new site, in the cour.-e o; a lew weeks. The new location is an admiribiy one, and will unquestionably afford satisfaction to tho peo ple almost without an exception.— l'ottsvillc Emporium Novel Capture of a Deer. One day last week, a Deer which had been run from the mountain by two small dogs, until it was much fatigued, mado its way 10 the 'arm of Mr. Peter Seitzinger, at the Fountain Spring, on theJCentre Turnpiket about twelve miles above Pottsville, where i was observed by Mrs. Settz|nger, who sallied out armed with a club, knocked the animal i down, and actually capture! it with her own hand.— Pottiville Emporium, More Fire!. On Friday morning last, Shout 5 o'clock, the frame stable on the premises of Col. Eli Slifer, in this place, was discovored to be oil fire, but the flames were fortunately ex tinguished before any serious damage was done. A minute more would have ensured the destruction of the building. On the same morning, at a bom the same hour, a barn on the Isle of Que , near Selins grove, belonging to Mr. John Hartman, Jr., was entirely oonsumed, together with two hundred bushels ot wheat, which bad been threshed out but the day before.— Lewishurg Chronicle. OT Winter is ootnuig. From the Pittsburg Visiter. ' Unreasonable. The New York Mirror rails t the Wor cester Convention, and exclaims in a phren sy: "Her offices are those of wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend. Good God ! can they not be content with there ?" What unreasonable creatures these women are ; but sorry to say tho men folk have set them a bad example. His offices aro those of husband, father, son, brother, lriend. Goodness gracious ! can they not be content with these? Don't we let lliem wear whis kers and cultivate moustaches—look "di vine" and often killing ? Havn't wo give them leave to wear straps on their panta loons and wadding in their vests, to improve their plumpness ?—Did'nt we make the false bosoms, plaited, starched and ironed, until thoy are ribbed and still'and smooth as the platform of a railroad station, with its innu merable tracks ? Don't we allow them to wear white kid gloves, satir. vests of the samo color, rings, breastpins and chains? Don't we permit them to carry fans and par asols, and make themselves generally use ful ; and don't we listen to their declarations and say, "O la! Now, Mr. Smith ! I de clare?" Hav'nt wo encouraged the pretty darlings to utter soft nothings of mornings, when the parlor blinds are down; and hav'nt our hearts gone into a delightful flutter, to respond to the pit-pat knocking inside tho wadded vests? and yet the pretty dears are not content to make love and dress the sole objects ot their lives ! Why will they tangle their wsiskers, soil their hands, and tarnish their boots dabbling and wading in politics, law and learning? What occasion can any of them have to vote himself a farm, when he lias a wife? Why should they covet the legal power to protect their lives and proper ty, or want remuneration for their labor ? Are they not husbands, fathers, sons, broth ers ? What use can they have for bread and butter, beef and potatoes, when they fill all the endearing relations of life? The old colonists were a pretty set of numbskulls to object to the principle of taxation without representation ! They were husbands and fathers, and sons and brothers; but still they must needs aspire to be legislator also—to be their own law-makers over and above and into the bargain to, the other great rights al ready enjoyed. Counterfeiters About ! | Our Borough is infested, by a gang of men j and women, who are engaged in passing i Counterfeit Monty, and ate doubtless flood | ing the County with it,-to the great injury | and loss of the ignorant and unsuspecting. Warrants have been issued within a few j days, by N. M. Wilson, Esq., and several ar -1 rests have been made. Georgo Deeoursey . was committed to the lock up on Saturday ' evening last, charged with having procured | his wife to pass a Counterfeit $5 Note on the j Lebanon Bank, upon Mr. Henry B. Glass mire, in the Market House. He broke out of the Watch House on Sunday, anil escap ed. His wife, who was also arrested, and gave Bail for a further hearing before Justice Wilson, forfeited her Recognizance. Mrs. Susan Rose, wife of Daniel Rose, was arres ted on Monday evening, for passing a $5 Counterfeit Note on the Lebanon Bank, on Friday evening last, upon Mr. Reuben Uee ser, in Market street. This Nolo was pre cisely similar to the one passed by Mrs. De eoursey on Mr. Glassmire. Mrs. Rose gave Bail for her appearance at the next Court of Quarter Sessions to answer. John Sterling was arrested on Tuesday, and held in S2OO for a further hearing, o'her warrants are out. and other arrests will doubtless be made. The 95 note on the Lebanon Bank, which is evidently a Counterfeit has for its vignette a female, with the letter V in a square die oil each side, and a female with two figures '•5" on each ejd, and appoars to hrve been printed on the same plate with the Counter feit s's on the Harriaburg Bank, with the ex ception ol the name "THE LEBANON BANK," being inserted in heavy shaded letter over the vignette, and the words "LEB ANON, I'A." in lbs date at bottom of the notu.— Pottsvilie Emporium. DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL CONVEN TION. The Democratic Stale Central Committee met last evening at tho Hotel, in this city, JOHN HICKMAN, Esq., in the chair, and decided in favor of a separate Demo cratic State Convention to nominate candi d atos tor Judges of the Supreme Court, to be held on the 2d Wednesday of June, 18- 51, at llarrisburg, which will be the next week aiter tho Democratic Slate Convention at i I- That further agitation of the subject of slavery which lias hefelofnre promoted neither the welfare of the slave nor tire cause of emancipation can be productive of nothing but evil. It has been adjusted by ongress ami with that adjustment, it should be permitted, in our estimation, to rest. 8. That the permanence and stability 0 t the I moil are endangered by tbo officious interference of fanatical and disloyal spire* in concerns that do not belong to them.' • That the series of statutes enacted at the late session of Congress, for the sake ol peace, were passed iu a spirit of patrioti-rd nnd judicious compromise, that they a-j in no respect a departure from the constitution, and that as it is the obligation, so it ought to be the desire of every citizen ol ilio Itopub hc, manfully to sustain them. j The resolutions were adopted. Speeches were also made by Josiah Ran ; Jail, Richard Rush, Joseph R. Ingersoll, I James Page, Charles Gibbons and Isaac j llazlehurst. j ty Considerable damage is said to have j been done to timber by the fire on the ! mountains la-t week in Buffaloo and White Doer townships. Timber, and fences, also, | we behove, suffered much from the same cause on Chesji.it Ridge, near Shade Mont ; lam, in Perry township. At loast while go nig up tho road f.om Froeburg towards Rich- J held, on last Wednesday afternoon, we ob served the (ire sweeping along tho Ridge with great rapidity and violence, towards the fauns in that vicinity; and from our lod i '' , at night, Bomo threo miles south of | the lin - of the lire we heard the horns blow ■ng for assistance, shortly af or dark, and tho shouts of those engaged in ba tling with the destructive clement, did not die away til! near miduigt. As our business led us an other direction, we were not able to lea: i the next day how much damage had been dono, but from tho appearances the day be fore, we thought some houses and barns, as well as fences were in danger— Lmrisbnrp Chronicle. W The Telegraph yesterday, announced the romoval of Mrs. Mary Dickson, the pa lmare sv at Lancaster city. Mrs Disawido - lady, and has hel l the office through man> years ot political excitement and proseii, ion. She is very old, and we believe, de pended mainly for support upon the eraoL mcnts of the olio. Gon. Tayl r 'refused I. remove her, and it remained for Fillmote to crown llto who'osale proscriptions of hit predecessor by this ungallant romoval. It stands forth as a supreme instance of fedsru heartlessncss and inoonsistenoy, sure that the generous people of Lanoast- • city will view with scorn this outrageous v: olation of manly, it not folitical principles George W. Hammersly, the editor of * St.- vens' abolitionist federal organ, is the sue cessorof Mrs. D., and wo congratulate hit. for his politeness in asking, and his gallan ry in accepting the position of a feeble old woman.— Pennsylvmian. A drunkon lawyer on going in! 6 church was observed by the minister, who addres sed him thus: I will bear wituess again.?' yon at the day of judgement." Tho lawyer, shaking his head with (frnnken gravity, re plied : "I have practised twenty-five years at the bar, and always found the greatest rascal 1 the first to turn State's evidence."